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Strange game on offense. I thought the play-calling was a bit off, we had whole periods where we did not try to run the ball in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. No Rudolph, no Harvin. Ponder was not good, he lacked the improvisation that helped us against the 49ers. Still, a win is a win, and while the offense didn't impress, it didn't turn over the ball either._________________

Strange game on offense. I thought the play-calling was a bit off, we had whole periods where we did not try to run the ball in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. No Rudolph, no Harvin. Ponder was not good, he lacked the improvisation that helped us against the 49ers. Still, a win is a win, and while the offense didn't impress, it didn't turn over the ball either.

ya. They play calling left much to he desired.. there was a screen play to Harvin that got stopped but even billick said they need to go back to it and catch Simpson running free... stuff like that they need to take advantage of. Watching that replay a pump fake by ponder dwould be all that is needed to fool a defense on that play

With the eighth pick of the 2011 draft, Tennessee plucked Jake Locker to be their quarterback of the future. Four picks later, with Locker off the board, the Vikings reeled in Ponder. But don't underestimate just how close those two picks were to being reversed.

Munchak acknowledged Wednesday that he and the Titans were sold on Ponder's intelligence, athleticism and poise but ultimately decided Locker was a better fit for their system. That said, Munchak hasn't been surprised at all by how well Ponder has played early in his second season.

Munchak: "I'm proud of him. You feel like you know these guys when you spend this much time with them before the draft. I thought he was a great kid. Smart. And all of the things you're watching on tape now is what I thought he'd be."

I still believe that if the Titans had not taken Locker at #8, he would be wearing purple instead of Ponder. But, I'm pleased with where Ponder is at. I think both players will be successful in the end._________________

There is one starting quarterback left in the NFL who hasn’t thrown an interception this season.

Ponder has had to be lucky to keep from being picked off a few times, when defensive players have dropped balls right to them. He also hasn’t connected on any long passes. But he has done exactly what the Vikings have asked, fighting temptation to force a deep throw just to make it happen, instead patiently handing the ball to Adrian Peterson, finding Harvin and others in the middle of the field and letting the defense do the rest of the work.

Ponder: “Obviously my biggest fault last year was turning the ball over way too much. So to kind of correct those things and to put in a lot of time to protect those things, it’s paying off. I’ve just got to continue that. It’s only the first quarter of the season, so I’ve got three quarters to go and hopefully some extra quarters after that.”

Frazier: “He’s making a conscious effort to make good decisions with the ball. When you consider the rate that he was throwing interceptions at a year ago and then you see how’s he is doing now, it’s just a credit to Christian understanding what turnovers do to a team, and then making good decisions under pressure. There have been times where he’s been trapped in the pocket, where a year ago he might have just tried to throw it up or take a sack, and he’s gotten rid of the ball or he does a very good job of throwing a check-down.”

Ponder, in fairness to his 2011 performance, hasn’t even finished the equivalent of a full season yet. He has 14 career starts.

What I'm not okay with is going ultra conservative and never throwing the ball down the field, heck or 10-15 yards more than 5 times a game.

But I'm not too concerned with that We should be fine. I'll be watching the whole year how we respond to every situation. When we play with urgency, when we find it okay to just manage the game. How will we adjust to teams when they take away all the short stuff and ask Ponder to go deep, and how will they respond when we open our offense?

Its all very interesting. I don't think we've really even cracked the surface of how far this offense can go._________________